Lil Wayne Crushes The Competition To Debut At No. 1

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'Tha Carter III' Sells A Million Plus First Week
Published 6/18/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Sam) at ..::That Grape Juice // ThatGrapeJuice.net::.. || Thirsty?
... Billboard have confirmed that Lil' Wayne's much hyped 'Carter III' LP has shifted over 1 million units in its first week on sale. The album's first week showing now stands as the highest since 50 Cent's million + debut with 'The Massacre' back in 2005'. Click here to read more about Wayne's amazing achievement Your thoughts? Labels: ...

Lil Wayne Crushes The Competition To Debut At No. 1
Published 6/18/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (ALI) at ALi's Blog: Your #1 Entertainment Destination!
... 1 million copies in the United States, the first time the six-figure threshold was crossed since 50 Cent's "The Massacre" in March 2005. Plies' "Definition of Real" sold 215,000 to debut at No. 2. The multi-label "Now 28" compilation slips a notch 2-3 with 132,000 copies, a 28% sales decrease. Hip-hop trio N.E.R.D.'s "Seeing Sounds" bows at No. 7 with 80,000. Alanis Morisette's "Flavors of Entanglement" debuts at No. 8 with 70,000. To Read the FULL Story:CLICK HERE ...

Lil Wayne Smashes The Million Mark!
Published 6/18/2008 by Mark (noreply@blogger.com) at Urban Review
Source - Billboard It Is Confirmed! Lil Wayne Has Broken The Million Sales Mark With His Amazing New Album - Tha Carter III. The official sales figure for the first 7 days is - 1,005,545 - which obliterated in the competition in the Hot 100, outselling the Number #2 Position by almost 800,000 copies. It is also the highest début since 50 Cent's - Massacre in 2005. This is a mammoth event in Hip-Hop, for an artist who is not known well in mainstream music to smash a ...

billboard album chart post
Published 6/18/2008 at OH NO!!
... million units, but are down 3.1% compared to the same week last year. Top Ten: 1. Lil' Wayne, The Carter III 2. Plies, Definition of Real 3. Now 28 4. Disturbed, Indestructible 5. Usher, Here I Stand 6. Journey, Revelation 7. N.E.R.D., Seeing Sounds 8. Alanis Morisette, Flavors of Entanglement 9. My Morning Jacket, Evil Urges 10. Weezer, The Red Album fun fact: "viva la vida" is slated to top the singles chart next week source

Buzz News Roundup, 6/18
Published 6/18/2008 by BuzzSugar at BuzzSugar -- Entertainment hourly.
E! Online reports that Universal has set a release date for Bruno: May 15, 2009. Dancer/actress Cyd Charisse has died at the age of 86, the AP announces. There's some turmoil over at Dirty Sexy Money, where the show's top producer has just been replaced, according to Variety. LilWayne's new album became the first since 2005 to make $1 million in sales in a week, writes Billboard. ComingSoon reports that Spike Lee will direct ...

BILLBOARD 200 REPORT: Lil’ Wayne makes grand entrance, Plies’ LP no sophomore jinx
Published 6/19/2008 by Rick From Chicago at .:: THE3XGP.COM is the one stop spot for the best in MUSIC-FASHION-SPORTS-GOSSIP - Updated Daily ::.
(click on image to expand) Lil’ Wayne delivers highest chart topping in 3 years with 1, 005, 545 units sold Plies’ Definiton of Real sells an impressive 214, 532 copies

One to rule them all
Published 6/19/2008 by Rich Juzwiak at fourfour
... night, I dreamed that an entire Jeopardy! category was devoted to Lil Wayne. I only got through the first two answers (whose questions were: What is Carter? and Who is Baby?) before my imagination gave up, but holy shit was it amazing to hear Alex Trebek say, "Weezy F. Baby," when he read off the full name of the category. That's an ridiculous notion, I know ("I have no brain, I'm retarded. We are not the same, I'm a Martian."), but after watching Wayne move six figures of Tha Carter III its first week out in ailing '08, I'm thinking ...